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Taxonomy
Hemaris galunae Eitschberger, Müller & Kravchenko, 2005
Nomenclature
Species:
Hemaris galunae Eitschberger, Müller & Kravchenko, 2005
Usage:
valid
Type data:
HOLOTYPE ♂ Syria: Mt. Hermon, Arne Valley, 1600m, late v.2004 (R. Preiss) [coll. G. Müller]. The holotype of Hemaris galunae may now be in coll. Eitschberger.
Taxonomic Notes:
Analysis of DNA barcode data indicate that Hemaris galunae is related to Hemaris aksana from the mountains of Morocco. The two species, which are related to Hemaris tityus, appear to be the western and eastern remnants of a species that once occurred all across a cooler, greener and wetter North Africa during the last ice age.